The third and final event of notability was the fact that Colin Thackery had become the shows oldest winner in its history winning at 89 years of age, surpassing Lost Voice Guy's newly set record. The revelation of Ant & Dec's 2018 Golden Buzzer Marc Spelmann returning under anonymity as mysterious hooded and masked figure X, as discovered when he unmasked himself in his live final performance. The events in order occurred as follows, Brotherhood had to drop out of the Semi-Finals due to health and safety concerns concerning their act with Libby and Charlie being drafted in as their last minute replacement. The show saw three notable events this series. The show was won by retired singer and Chelsea Pensioner Colin Thackery. Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams returned on the Judging panel, with Stephen Mulhern returning to host the after-show Britain's Got More Talent. Ant & Dec returned as presenters, the first time Ant had appeared on TV since he was charged with drink-driving in 2018.
Series 13 of Britain's Got Talent was aired in 2019, with the first episode being shown on Saturday 6th April.